The actual dress was black and blue. The confusion came from how lighting and color perception tricked people's brains, making some see it as white and gold. It became a viral example The dress was a viral online phenomenon in 2015, centered on a photograph of a dress that people disagreed on whether it was blue and black or white and gold. Within a What color is the dress? Why do some people see blue and black and some people see gold and white when looking at a single image of a dress? : r askscience Dressgate: If you saw THAT dress as white your brain was working overtime Watch the dress change from Black & Blue to White & Gold right in front of your eyes by P Van Medium Blue and black? White and gold? It's been 10 years since this viral dress debate News wandtv.com